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Cosmo Girl! Freaky Deaky : 150 Really Scary Stories
Bad Car-ma, Hell-evators, Boo Tube, Angel Songs: these 150 true tales of the paranormal are way better than the latest thriller at the local Cineplex! They come from CosmoGIRL!’s popular “Freaky Deaky” column, and each story deals with baffling and mysterious happenings: uncanny dreams, strange sightings, haunted houses, phantasmagorical figures, startling premonitions, telepathic visions, and messages from the beyond.
208 p. 2008
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Prom Nights from Hell
Bestselling authors Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison , Michele Jaffe, Stephenie Meyer, and Lauren Myracle take bad prom nights to a whole new level-a paranormally bad level. Wardrobe malfunctions and two left feet don't hold a candle to discovering your date is the Grim Reaper-and he isn't here to tell you how hot you look. From angels fighting demons to a creepy take on getting what you wish for, these five stories will entertain better than any DJ in a bad tux. No corsage or limo rental necessary. Just good, scary fun.
304 p. 2007
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The New Dead : a Zombie Anthology
Stoker Award-winning author Christopher Golden has assembled an all-original anthology of zombie stories from an eclectic array of today's hottest writers, including Max Brooks, Kelley Armstrong, and Tad Williams.
ix, 384 p. 2010
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 Horror: Contemporary
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Alender, Katie
Bad Girls Don't Die
When fifteen-year-old Lexi's younger sister Kasey begins behaving strangely and their old Victorian house seems to take on a life of its own, Lexi investigates and discovers some frightening facts about previous occupants of the house, leading her to believe that many lives are in danger.
346 p. 2009
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Black, Holly
Valiant : a Modern Tale of Faerie
When she runs away to New York with a new identity in the hopes of getting lost in the crowd, seventeen-year-old Valerie Russell finds that escape from her own reality is impossible as she encounters colorful, desperate, and strange new friends who end up giving her the surprise of her life.
314 p. 2005
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Andre Norton Award
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Brewer, Heather
Ninth Grade Slays
While half-vampire Vlad, his best friend Henry, and Henry's cousin Joss make their way through their freshman year at Bathory High, a hired vampire slayer seeks to destroy Vlad.
278 p. 2009
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Carman, Patrick
Thirteen Days to Midnight
In the aftermath of the accident that killed his foster father, high school student Jacob Fielding discovers that he has acquired the power of indestructibility, and the more he learns about it the more he realizes that it is a heavy burden, if not a curse.
296 p. 2010
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Cole, Stephen
Wounded
Sixteen-year-old Tom Anderson and seventeen-year-old Kate Folan try to escape Kate's werewolf family -- and fight becoming werewolves themselves -- by making a cross-country journey in search of a mysterious man who might have a cure. Book 1 of The Wereling series.
264 p. 2005
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Cusick, Richie Tankersley
It Begins
After a horrifying encounter in a graveyard, Lucy cannot get over feeling that she is being watched, but is unwilling to trust the one person who might be able to help her. Book 1 of The Unseen series.
296 p. 2005
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Derting, Kimberly
The Body Finder
High school junior Violet uses her uncanny ability to sense murderers and their victims to try to stop a serial killer who's terrorizing her town, and although her best friend and would-be boyfriend Jay promises to keep her safe, she becomes a target.
329 p. 2010
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Enthoven, Sam
The Black Tattoo
When his best friend, Charlie, is possessed by an ancient demon, fourteen-year-old Jack, accompanied by a girl with superhuman powers, battles all over London and into Hell to save him.
503 p. 2006
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Ewing, Lynne
Goddess of the Night
Vanessa can turn invisible, Catty can time travel, and Serena can read minds. These high school sophomores use their powers to protect the world from the evil Atrox and its dissolute band of followers after they discover their destinies as reincarnated goddesses. Book 1 of the Daughters of the Moon series.
294 p. 2000
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Fahy, Thomas Richard
The Unspoken
Six teens are drawn back to the small, North Carolina town where they once lived and, one by one, begin to die of their worst fears, as prophesied by the cult leader they killed five years earlier, and who they believe poisoned their parents.
166 p. 2008
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Gaiman, Neil
Anansi Boys
Fat Charlie found out alot of unexpected things when his dad unexpectedly dropped dead on a karaoke stage. For instance, his father's gift for naming things came from being a god, and Charlie has a brother he never knew. Now there's a transfer of divine power and all sorts of dark, sinister, and strangely entertaining forces are lined up to mess up his life.
336 p. 2005
Appears on the following book lists:
Good Reads for High School
Alex Award - Fiction
Minnesota Authors
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Grahame-Smith, Seth
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies : the Classic Regency Romance-- Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!
A mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton--and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy.
319 p. 2009
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If You Liked...Jane Austen's novels
Classics Revamped
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Holt, Simon
The Devouring
The existence of Vours, supernatural creatures who feast on fear and attack on the eve of the winter solstice, becomes a terrifying reality for fifteen-year-old Reggie when she begins to suspect that her timid younger brother might be one of their victims.
231 p. 2008
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Johnson, Kathleen Jeffrie
A Fast and Brutal Wing
A series of journal entries, emails, stories, and newspaper articles reveals the strange events that led to the disappearance of a reclusive author on Halloween night and the involvement of a teenager and his friends--a brother and sister some say can transform into animals and back again.
191 p. 2004
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Lanagan, Margo
Black Juice
Provides glimpses of the dark side of civilization and the beauty of the human spirit through ten short stories that explore significant moments in people's lives, events leading to them, and their consequences.
201 p. 2005
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Printz Honor Books
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
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Larbalestier, Justine
Magic or Madness
From the Sydney, Australia home of a grandmother she believes is a witch, fifteen-year-old Reason Cansino is magically transported to New York City, where she discovers that friends and foes can be hard to distinguish.
271 p. 2005
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Good Reads for High School
Andre Norton Award
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Link, Kelly
Pretty Monsters : Stories
Weirdly wonderful and a touch macabre, the nine short stories take readers into worlds with elements of reality but also supply a fantastic twist.
389 p. 2008
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Fantasy
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